Coin-operated nerve and eye testing machine



April 9, A. C. OLANDER I COIN OPERATED NERVE AND EYE TESTING MACHINE Filed Feb. 15, 1928 Patented Apr. 9, 1929.

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ALDEN G. QLANDER, OF CHIGAGQ, ILLEETGES.

COIlI-QPERATED NERVE AND EYE-TESTING MACHINE.

Application filed February 15, 19:28.

tests the vision and StililCllIlBSS of the patron.

A further object of the invention is to design the some with an element to receive a projectile, whereby the marksmanship of the patron may be determined to a lesser or greater degre A, still further obj; wt of the invention is to construct the mechanism referred to on adjustable lines,-whereby to require more or l's skill on the part of the operator.

nether object of the invention is to dethe some the order of a stand suittor a counter, showcase, or shelf, and 1 visual characteristics importing an air ot mystery.

An essential provide therein :2 guard to prevent the unauthorized removal of the projectile, which letter may be of valuable or monetary character. 7 I

A. final, but nevertheless important object or the invention is to construct the novel appliance on simple lines, so that it may be produced at low cost, operated with ease, and maintsined without appreciable repair for long periods. 1

With the above objects in view and any others that may suggest themselves in the specification and claims to follow, a better und .inding oil the invention may be to the accompanying drawing, in which 1 Figure 1 is an elevation of the novel device, with a column element partly broken away on account of limited space;

Fig. 2 is an interior view of the device from the front;

Fig. 3 is a plan View; and

Fig. 4: is a vertical cross section.

Referring specifically to the drawing, denotes the housing for the novel device, the some being generally square although its shape is immaterial. The housing is provided with a lid 11, which carries a lock 12 to secure it to the housing, and the lid is equipped with rubber feet 13 in order that the device may not mar the surface upon which it is placed; The housing is intend d to receive tokens or coins, in view of which object 015 the invention is to Serial -L To. 254,582.

I provide the lock 12 in order that the lid not be opened by an unauthorized perthe tokens coins. top oi the housing formed with a entral opening from which rises a tubular c .umu 14 of. glass. The object of the colto form a receiver, into which a or coin is dropped lav the patron. the transparency of the column serving to make he path of the token or coin visible to him.

At the base of the column 1st is a funnellike receptacle 15 of elongated cross section,

Which is extended downwardly to term a chute 16, the latter einergi filfl the front of the housing in open form as indicated at 17. The funnel-like receptacle 15 is directly in. the center of the column 1 1- aud may receive the token or coin if dropped celitrally, causing the same to roll down the chute 16 and be delivered at the open end 17 for removal by the entrant.

The top of the housing 10 receives shell 8 which supports a dome-like shell 19 about ..1e element 15, the shell being some.

ualler in diameter than the column an d. VF the shell are mounted of substantially semispherical cups 2O oted upon pins 21 at oppositesides of the shell 19 and having extensions 22 proiectuuz' downwardly. Thus, upon moving the stems, the cups may be rocked so that their supporting edges 20 approach or recede from each other to limit the spare immediately shove the funnel element 15. Thus, if a token or coin is dropped with exacting skill, when the edges 20 are fairly close together, the coin will fall into the funnel element .15 and bedeliveredto the entrant, however, should the coin strike laterally 0., this site, it would slide down along the outside of the shell 19 and drop into the housing. Thus, the further the edges 20 of the cups 20 are spaced, the greater the chance for a skillfully dropped coin to be received into the chute and returned, pointing to the fact that the device only charges for its service when the entrantfails to exercise the proper amount of skill consistent; with the spacing of the cups.

The cups are rocked by the manipulation of dials 28 on the front of the device, thes dials operating shafts or on which are mounted pinions 25. The pinions are in mesh with rack burs 26 which are connected to the stems 22 of the respective cups 520 in a manner to cause either cup to move in the 7 If any coin should find its way into the hood. when the housing is inverted by way of the I closing direction when the corresponding dial is turned to suit. Thus, to close the right-hand cup 20, the natural inclination would be to turn the right-hand dial in a counter-clockwise direction, consistent with which the gearing is arranged. The dials are equipped with finger knobs 23, and the rack bars 26 rest on rollers 27 rotatable on rods 28 carried in the housing. Below the column 14 I have provided an inverted hood 29 to serve as a guard.

This hood is spaced sufiiciently' below the shell 19 to permit tokens and coins sliding down outside oft-he latter to gather toward the center, and drop into the housing.

he housing which may collect at the particular site when the housing is inverted with the intention of unautho *i'zedly removing the earned contents thereof. It will be seen that this could be done by securing the passage of the tokens or coins next outside the shell 19; however, the hood 29acts as a bar to such an operation, deflecting the tokens or coins outwardly to remain in the housing.

space between the hood and the chute 16, it would be a rare occurrence and of a negligible character.

It will be seen that the novel device may i be employed as a nerve and eye tester. En-

trants would be obliged .to use good eye sight and a steady hand to drop a given token or coin to advantage, and contests could be had between entrants by also employing a spacing gauge in the form of the cups 20. In this connection, the dials 23 may be inscribed with figures characteristic ofthe spacing values or the cups, so that one may determine the degree of his skill, vision or steadiness. The device as seen from the front gives, through the presence ofthe' d als '23, the impression of a calculating machine or a scientific meter; and Ichoosc to tint the upper portion of the glass column 1% with a translucent or deep color, so that first sight the device will impart an air 01; mystery as a matter of ittbl'aCtlOII. As 15 clearlyevident from the constructiomfew and simple parts are employed, no delicate clockwork or other mechanismis necessary and it is easily possible to produce the device at small cost while constructing the same for efficient operation and durability during long use.

While I have illustrated and described 1 the invention in the preferred form, it will i be ev dent that the same is capable of many mmor changes and refinements and it ismy intention to claim such changes and refine- However, the center por tion of the hood is sulliciently close to the. chute 16 to deflect any tokens or coins .in t

' get aperture.

ments coming within the spirit and scope :of the appended claims.

I claim 1. A skill testing appliance comprising an upright casing defining a passage through which a projectile may be dropped, a housing at the base oi said upright casing having a target aperture formed with coacting sections and manuall' o .ierable means to var 7 I the size of said aperture.

2. A skill testing appliance comprising an upright casing defining a passag through which a projectile may be dropped, a housingat the base of said upright casing having a target aperture formed with coacting sections, and manually operable means to vary the size of said aperture sections, gearing for operating said sections, and manually operable means eXteriorly of the housing for con trolling said gearing.

' 3. A'skill testing appliance comprising an upright casing defining a passage through which a pro ectile may be dropped, a housing at the base of said upright casing hav ing a target aperture formed with coacting sections, and manually operable means to vary the size of said aperture sections, gearing for operating said sections,and mani ually operablemeans exterior-1y of the houshaving its innerend disposed in upright position beneath said jaws in a manner to receive a projectile passing through said tarppliauce comprising an mg a passage through 5. A skill testing a upright casing defin which a projectile may be dropped, a housmg having an opening" connnunicating with the lower. end of .the upright casing, pivoted jaws adjacent the lower end of the upright casing movable to define a target aperture of varying size, and a chute having its outer end extending exteriorly of the housing and having its inner end disposed in upright position beneath said jaws in a manner to receive aprojectile passing through said tar'get aperture and a shell fitted over said aws and providedwith a fixed aperture.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

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